Nation can't wait for another season of '24'

NEW YORK - The critically acclaimed Fox network mega-hit, '24', has become so popular nationwide that Americans simply "can't wait" for season 17 to begin.

"I've never been so excited as I am for the next season of '24,'" said Goldman-Sachs broker and '24' fan, Jim Hatchett. "With its realistic timeline of events and accurate portrayals of defense operations, it sucks me right into the storyline."

"I always tell my secretary to 'hold my calls,' during '24' season," Hatchet said with a laugh.

Vanessa Hudgens, a '24' fan of Ithaca, N.Y., says that each season opens up with a "credible threat."

"Nowadays, anything can happen," Hudgens said, citing examples of daytime atomic bomb detonation in the Valley, militarist invasion by terrorist regimes into Los Angeles suburbs, and the meltdown of every chemical plant in the country without anyone at any of the facilities noticing or reporting any type of security breach.

"The way they really get the ball moving is excellent, too," Hudgens said, describing the satirical CIA's ability to ignore laws, shuffle staffers in critical times of necessity, fail to perform background checks on shady new employees and let uninsured, laid-off agents complete field operations - all to solve international crises in 24 hours or less. "The ticking clock on the show really helps to develop the plot and exemplify the characters' amazing skill and ability as secret agents. I mean, the fact that they can drive from CTU headquarters to LAX in under four minutes is incredible, to say the least."

Still, there are some dissenters to the show's portrayal of national defense agencies. Meredith Bates, a Birmingham, Ala. resident and occassional '24' viewer had a different opinion on the defense operations staff at CTU.

"What I can't believe is that the intelligence agency on the show still staffs the same people. I mean, if I were working at, say, the CIA and I let dozens upon dozens of catastrophic events happen on my watch, I would probably be fired by now, don't you think?"






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